AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE SEATED LUOHAN FIGURES YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-15TH CENTURY Each figure is superbly cast, one wearing a monastic robe crossed at the chest and secured above the waist with a bowed drawstring and falling in naturalistic folds around the protruding feet, the hands raised in abhaya and varada mudras, the face with a calm and serene expression, the interior is inscribed zuo si, ‘left four’. The other with a more pronounced cranium, wearing long robes ranging from one shoulder and wound around the upper waist leaving the chest bare, the hands in similar mudras, the interior inscribed you si, ‘right four’. 33 1⁄4 in. (85 cm) and 33 1⁄2 in. (87.6 cm.) high, respectively
AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE SEATED LUOHAN FIGURES YUAN-EARLY MING DYNASTY, 13TH-15TH CENTURY Each figure is superbly cast, one wearing a monastic robe crossed at the chest and secured above the waist with a bowed drawstring and falling in naturalistic folds around the protruding feet, the hands raised in abhaya and varada mudras, the face with a calm and serene expression, the interior is inscribed zuo si, ‘left four’. The other with a more pronounced cranium, wearing long robes ranging from one shoulder and wound around the upper waist leaving the chest bare, the hands in similar mudras, the interior inscribed you si, ‘right four’. 33 1⁄4 in. (85 cm) and 33 1⁄2 in. (87.6 cm.) high, respectively
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